Articles on presidential defamation once thrown out by the Constitutional Court have been given a new lease on life.

On June 8, they resurfaced in a 272-page draft revision to the Criminal Code (RUU KUHP) delivered by the government to the House of Representatives (DPR).

Speaking to journalists, President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo said the nation had to adhere to principles of courtesy and that the president was a symbol of the state. "Can you take it if